Chelsea Curtis
@chelcurtis.bsky.social
Diné | Journalist @azluminaria.org uncovering data and stories about #MMIWG2T #MMIP
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Chelsea Curtis
@chelcurtis.bsky.social
· Nov 21
Created a #starterpack of Indigenous journalists (and news orgs amplifying Indigenous stories) I’ve found so far on @bsky.app! Pls reach out if you know of anyone I should add.
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NEW from me: No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona's endangered children and new missing person system azluminaria.org/2025/11/06/n... via @azluminaria.org
No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona's endangered children and new missing person system - AZ Luminaria
When 14-year-old Neveah Alessandro Campos ran away from her uncle’s home in Glendale Saturday afternoon, her mother Ashley Alessandro gave her a day to come back. But when she didn’t, Ashley did what ...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
NEW from me: No Turquoise Alert for Navajo teen amplifies questions about Arizona's endangered children and new missing person system azluminaria.org/2025/11/06/n... via @azluminaria.org
New from me: Pascua Yaqui Tribe pauses council meeting livestream change after community concerns over access, transparency azluminaria.org/2025/10/10/p... via @azluminaria.org
Pascua Yaqui Tribe pauses council meeting livestream change after community concerns over access, transparency - AZ Luminaria
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe’s decision to stop livestreaming its council meetings on social media was paused this week following community concerns over transparency and access. Chairman Julian Hernandez r...
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October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New from me: Pascua Yaqui Tribe pauses council meeting livestream change after community concerns over access, transparency azluminaria.org/2025/10/10/p... via @azluminaria.org
✨Some personal news, as they say✨
While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.
While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.
🏆 Arizona Luminaria is Community News Outlet of the Year!
Plus awards for Journalist of the Year + political reporting and more
Nearly 4 years in, and we’re just getting started. Thank you, Southern Arizona. 🕯️
Read more: azluminaria.org/2025/09/24/a...
Plus awards for Journalist of the Year + political reporting and more
Nearly 4 years in, and we’re just getting started. Thank you, Southern Arizona. 🕯️
Read more: azluminaria.org/2025/09/24/a...
Arizona Luminaria wins Community News Outlet of the Year at Press Club Awards - AZ Luminaria
Arizona Luminaria has been named Community News Outlet of the Year by the Arizona Press Club, capping a banner year of recognition that also includes awards for political reporting excellence and jour...
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September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
✨Some personal news, as they say✨
While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.
While I’m still half expecting a correction any day now, I’m incredibly honored to be named a 2024 Virg Hill Arizona Journalist of the Year. Congrats to @emilybregel.bsky.social & Jason Wolf, who were also recognized for this award.
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
For over 100 days, journalist Mario Guevara has been detained by U.S. law enforcement for his livestream reporting.
He is the only journalist behind bars for his journalism, and he could be deported for doing his job.
We demand his immediate release.
freedomformario.com
He is the only journalist behind bars for his journalism, and he could be deported for doing his job.
We demand his immediate release.
freedomformario.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
For over 100 days, journalist Mario Guevara has been detained by U.S. law enforcement for his livestream reporting.
He is the only journalist behind bars for his journalism, and he could be deported for doing his job.
We demand his immediate release.
freedomformario.com
He is the only journalist behind bars for his journalism, and he could be deported for doing his job.
We demand his immediate release.
freedomformario.com
#ICYMI Safety changes to Maricopa County sheriff meetings in Latino racial profiling case await federal judge’s order via @azluminaria.org azluminaria.org/2025/09/22/s...
Safety changes to Maricopa County sheriff meetings in Latino racial profiling case await federal judge’s order - AZ Luminaria
Amid growing concern over political violence, Latino community leaders and Republican officials alike await a federal judge’s orders on tightening security at community meetings tied to a longstanding...
azluminaria.org
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#ICYMI Safety changes to Maricopa County sheriff meetings in Latino racial profiling case await federal judge’s order via @azluminaria.org azluminaria.org/2025/09/22/s...
Thanks so much @apnews.com for sharing! Last week, @azluminaria.org broke the story on the Gila River Indian Community’s proposed banishment ordinance for tribal members convicted of violent crimes, marking the first move of its kind in Arizona. apnews.com/article/crim...
Gila River Indian Community considers ordinance to banish or disenroll members who commit crimes
The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona is considering a new ordinance that would allow for tribal members to be banished or disenrolled if they are convicted of crimes.
apnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Thanks so much @apnews.com for sharing! Last week, @azluminaria.org broke the story on the Gila River Indian Community’s proposed banishment ordinance for tribal members convicted of violent crimes, marking the first move of its kind in Arizona. apnews.com/article/crim...
New, from me: Gila River Indian Community weighs banishment ordinance, a first for Arizona tribes azluminaria.org/2025/08/29/g...
Gila River Indian Community weighs banishment ordinance, a first for Arizona tribes - AZ Luminaria
The Gila River Indian Community is weighing a new ordinance that would allow for the banishment and disenrollment of tribal members convicted of violent crimes. If adopted, the proposal would mark the...
azluminaria.org
August 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New, from me: Gila River Indian Community weighs banishment ordinance, a first for Arizona tribes azluminaria.org/2025/08/29/g...
“Being an immigrant is risky:" ICE enforcement drives Arizona families to online fundraising platforms azluminaria.org/2025/07/30/b... via @azluminaria.org
“Being an immigrant is risky:" ICE enforcement drives Arizona families to online fundraising platforms - AZ Luminaria
Georges Maskini is no stranger to being told he doesn’t belong. His parents fled political persecution in the Democratic Republic of Congo and sought refuge in South Africa in 2000, where Georges was ...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
“Being an immigrant is risky:" ICE enforcement drives Arizona families to online fundraising platforms azluminaria.org/2025/07/30/b... via @azluminaria.org
Wrong ballots sent to hundreds in Tucson – here’s how to fix yours before Aug. 5 primary azluminaria.org/2025/07/29/w... via @azluminaria.org
Wrong ballots sent to hundreds in Tucson – here’s how to fix yours before Aug. 5 primary - AZ Luminaria
If you live in Wards 3, 5 or 6 and received a ballot that doesn’t match your party affiliation, you’re not alone. Pima County officials last Friday confirmed a recent data error resulted in 358 voter...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Wrong ballots sent to hundreds in Tucson – here’s how to fix yours before Aug. 5 primary azluminaria.org/2025/07/29/w... via @azluminaria.org
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Exclusive: Records obtained by Arizona Luminaria tie Amazon to a massive Tucson area data center that has been shrouded in secrecy until now
Amazon Web Services is company behind Tucson’s Project Blue, according to 2023 county memo - AZ Luminaria
Amazon Web Services is revealed to be the company behind the Project Blue data center proposed for Tucson.
azluminaria.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Exclusive: Records obtained by Arizona Luminaria tie Amazon to a massive Tucson area data center that has been shrouded in secrecy until now
Officials confirm Emily’s Law wouldn’t have applied to Emily Pike’s case, bringing renewed attention to gaps in missing person alerts for children labeled runaways azluminaria.org/2025/05/22/r... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Runaway label concerns raised at Hobbs’ bill signing ceremony for law named to honor Emily Pike - AZ Luminaria
During Gov. Katie Hobbs' ceremonial signing of "Emily's Law" on Wednesday, an Arizona Department of Public Safety official confirmed the new Turquoise Alert will not cover runaways.
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May 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Officials confirm Emily’s Law wouldn’t have applied to Emily Pike’s case, bringing renewed attention to gaps in missing person alerts for children labeled runaways azluminaria.org/2025/05/22/r... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs Turquoise Alert System into law azluminaria.org/2025/05/13/g... via @azluminaria
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs Turquoise Alert System into law - AZ Luminaria
A bill establishing a new missing person alert system in Arizona was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Katie Hobbs. House Bill 2281 proposed the creation of a new Turquoise Alert System that, once acti...
azluminaria.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Gov. Katie Hobbs signs Turquoise Alert System into law azluminaria.org/2025/05/13/g... via @azluminaria
“This is for shíyázhí Emily Pike”: New missing person alert bill unanimously passes AZ House, heads to Gov. Hobbs for signature azluminaria.org/2025/05/07/t... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
“This is for shíyázhí Emily Pike”: New missing person alert bill unanimously passes AZ House - AZ Luminaria
A measure that would establish a new missing person alert system in Arizona was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, advancing to Gov. Katie Hobbs for final approval. Hous...
azluminaria.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“This is for shíyázhí Emily Pike”: New missing person alert bill unanimously passes AZ House, heads to Gov. Hobbs for signature azluminaria.org/2025/05/07/t... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Celebrate #WorldPressFreedomDay by supporting independent journalism! 🌎 @azluminaria.org has launched its 2025 Spring membership campaign that doubles every donation made to our newsroom. Help us continue to bring you more of the coverage that matters and strengthen local news! 🕯️🔗 shorturl.at/nuu2n
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May 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Celebrate #WorldPressFreedomDay by supporting independent journalism! 🌎 @azluminaria.org has launched its 2025 Spring membership campaign that doubles every donation made to our newsroom. Help us continue to bring you more of the coverage that matters and strengthen local news! 🕯️🔗 shorturl.at/nuu2n
UPDATE: Keisha Kootswatewa’s family believes she may be among multiple sets of remains found on the Navajo Nation, potentially bringing their three-year search to an end. Charges have been filed in connection with some of the remains — but not hers. via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Hopi family’s search for Keisha Kootswatewa may be nearing an answer 3 years after disappearance - AZ Luminaria
A Hopi family’s search for Keisha Kootswatewa — missing since 2022 — has been unwavering. Leading the charge was her cousin, Yolanda Bydonie. She created missing person flyers. Organized ground searc...
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May 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
UPDATE: Keisha Kootswatewa’s family believes she may be among multiple sets of remains found on the Navajo Nation, potentially bringing their three-year search to an end. Charges have been filed in connection with some of the remains — but not hers. via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
Recent amendments to the bill address a discrepancy that would have excluded Emily Pike’s case, despite recently renaming the legislation in her honor
story via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.org
story via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.org
Arizona’s missing person alert bill amended to address exclusion of Emily Pike’s case
A measure that would establish a new missing person alert system in Arizona was amended Wednesday to include minors
azmirror.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Recent amendments to the bill address a discrepancy that would have excluded Emily Pike’s case, despite recently renaming the legislation in her honor
story via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.org
story via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.org
Lawmakers have amended Arizona’s Turquoise Alert bill — addressing a previous gap in the bill’s language that would’ve excluded Emily Pike, the Indigenous teen it was named after azluminaria.org/2025/05/01/a... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Arizona’s missing person alert bill amended to address exclusion of Emily Pike’s case - AZ Luminaria
A measure that would establish a new missing person alert system in Arizona was amended Wednesday to include minors — addressing a previous gap in the bill’s language that excluded Emily Pike, an Indi...
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May 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Lawmakers have amended Arizona’s Turquoise Alert bill — addressing a previous gap in the bill’s language that would’ve excluded Emily Pike, the Indigenous teen it was named after azluminaria.org/2025/05/01/a... via @azluminaria.org #MMIP
Emily Pike’s brutal murder has been used to rally support for legislation creating a new alert system for missing people. But as it’s written, the proposed law — now named in the San Carlos Apache teen’s honor — wouldn’t help in missing cases like hers because of its age criteria.
Emily’s Law wouldn’t have helped Emily: Proposed Arizona alert highlights gaps for runaway youth - AZ Luminaria
A proposed state law named for 14-year-old Emily Pike — a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe who went missing and was later found dead — would not have applied to her disappearance. That’s because ...
azluminaria.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Emily Pike’s brutal murder has been used to rally support for legislation creating a new alert system for missing people. But as it’s written, the proposed law — now named in the San Carlos Apache teen’s honor — wouldn’t help in missing cases like hers because of its age criteria.
ICYMI: A critical report created to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Arizona and across the country has been removed from federal websites as the Trump administration continues to slash DEI measures
The missing report, created under the Not Invisible Act (signed by Trump in his first term), was hailed as a groundbreaking effort to combat violence and systemic challenges Indigenous communities face nationwide
Landmark MMIP report removed from federal websites as Trump administration targets DEI initiatives - AZ Luminaria
A critical report created to address the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Arizona and across the country has been removed from federal websites as the Trump administration continues ...
azluminaria.org
March 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
ICYMI: A critical report created to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous People in Arizona and across the country has been removed from federal websites as the Trump administration continues to slash DEI measures
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
Trump's anti-DEI crusade deleted a report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. It was created under the Not Invisible Act, which Trump signed in his first term.
via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.bsky.social
via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.bsky.social
Landmark MMIP report removed from federal websites as Trump administration targets DEI initiatives • Arizona Mirror
The MMIP report, created under the Not Invisible Act, was hailed as a groundbreaking effort to combat violence and systemic challenges Indigenous communities face nationwide
azmirror.com
March 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trump's anti-DEI crusade deleted a report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. It was created under the Not Invisible Act, which Trump signed in his first term.
via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.bsky.social
via @chelcurtis.bsky.social/@azluminaria.bsky.social
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
I was honored to write for @lookoutnews.bsky.social Spring Issue! I spoke with Tucson’s trans Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert on resilience, the power of poetry & community, Indigenous & genderqueer history and our future
@transjournalists.org #transjoy #queerpoets
www.lookoutnews.org/how-poetry-a...
@transjournalists.org #transjoy #queerpoets
www.lookoutnews.org/how-poetry-a...
March 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I was honored to write for @lookoutnews.bsky.social Spring Issue! I spoke with Tucson’s trans Poet Laureate, TC Tolbert on resilience, the power of poetry & community, Indigenous & genderqueer history and our future
@transjournalists.org #transjoy #queerpoets
www.lookoutnews.org/how-poetry-a...
@transjournalists.org #transjoy #queerpoets
www.lookoutnews.org/how-poetry-a...
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
Listening to Chelsea Curtis talk about how she used freedom of information laws to uncover stories & build a database about Indigenous people who are missing or were murdered across Arizona: azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona/ #SunshineFest #SunshineWeek #OpenGov #ddj
March 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Listening to Chelsea Curtis talk about how she used freedom of information laws to uncover stories & build a database about Indigenous people who are missing or were murdered across Arizona: azluminaria.org/mmip-arizona/ #SunshineFest #SunshineWeek #OpenGov #ddj
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
🚨 Update: we were able to track down Yesenia, the mother picked up with her 2 kids in Tucson.
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
February 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🚨 Update: we were able to track down Yesenia, the mother picked up with her 2 kids in Tucson.
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
After a night of interrogation at Border Patrol station, the Venezuelan mother of 4 was deported to Mexico.
Her husband and two of her kids remain in US.
azluminaria.org/2025/02/16/v...
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
Between May 2023 and Sep 2024, 30% of heat deaths were in mobile homes or RVs.
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
‘Suffering hidden from view:’ Mobile home and RV residents in Pima County die from heat at high rates - AZ Luminaria
Rincon Country RV Resorts on the southwest side of Tucson is surrounded by gently rolling hills populated with saguaros. On the highest hill stands a small church with a white cross. On the last day ...
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February 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Between May 2023 and Sep 2024, 30% of heat deaths were in mobile homes or RVs.
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
An analysis of Pima County medical examiner data by @jbwashington.bsky.social and I dug into the numbers to show how rising heat x mobile homes create a deadly combination
azluminaria.org/2025/02/17/s...
Reposted by Chelsea Curtis
@cacuella.bsky.social and I wrote about unhoused communities in Tucson relying on patchwork of resources to stay warm amid freezing temps
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
As Tucson temps plummet, homeless communities move among a patchwork of resources - AZ Luminaria
For Laurie, the biting winter temperatures mean making a careful calculation about where she should sleep each night. The 67-year-old weighs whether to spend about $40 a night of her monthly Social S...
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January 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
@cacuella.bsky.social and I wrote about unhoused communities in Tucson relying on patchwork of resources to stay warm amid freezing temps
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...
Click to learn about the people who kindly shared their survival strategies, stay for the list of shelters + mutual aid distros
azluminaria.org/2025/01/16/a...